Send us your best outdoor/nature photo!
Send us your best digital outdoor/nature photo from this year’s summer vacation. Deadline is September 1, 2009. Send photos to mherwig@pheasantsforever.org.
Winners will be posted at www.uplandtales.org after October 1. Winning entries will also be published in Winter issue of Upland Tales magazine. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever may use all entries gratis with credit given to the photographer. more…
Junior Wildlife Conservationist Quiz
Oil spill clean up effort.
1. What huge man-made disasters took place on March 28, 1979 and March 24, 1989 that changed how humans generate energy?
On March 28, 1979, Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant experienced a partial meltdown. Not one nuclear plant has been built in the United States since. Although now, as energy becomes scarcer and more expensive, the country is taking a second look at nuclear power.
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil and killing marine life by the millions. All tankers in Alaska’s Prince William Sound must have double hulls by 2015 to prevent another spill.
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• Friday, April 17th, 2009
Summer 2009 Upland Tales will be coming to your mailbox soon. Here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come:
Outdoor Photo Tips: And summer photo contest
Ground Water: Now you see it, now you don’t!
All For One & One For All: Big game herding behavior
Green Jobs: The SCA offers a start
Summer Fun Reading
The Importance of Pack Leadership: Using it to train your dog
Nature’s Mysteries: More brain twisters
Puzzle-mania
